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It's hard to view myself sometimes as even in the same league as other musicians, mainly because there's so much music before me. I feel… — Ryan Adams
Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy... Because they were hypocrites, the Victorians were… — Neal Stephenson
Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotism at… — Friedrich Schiller
As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that… — George H. W. Bush
An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from… — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
When one gives up the Christian faith, one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one's feet. This morality is by no means… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The choice of a point of view is the initial act of a culture. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views. — Luc de Clapiers
Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This… — Ambrose Bierce
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of… — Ambrose Bierce
Broad, wholesome, charitable views .. can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth. — Mark Twain
Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U-… — George Canning
Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on. — William Blake
He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight. — William Hazlitt
In exploring new and doubtful tracts of speculation, the mind strikes out true and original views; as a drop of water hesitates at first what… — William Hazlitt
Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded… — Samuel Johnson
From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness… — Arthur Koestler
It is our custom to say that someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is, however, too… — Dalai Lama
From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies. — Pablo Picasso
People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget… — Frederick Buechner
I'm Catholic, and my wife is Catholic. We're very religious. We go to church. We pray every night. We pray at dinner. To me, Catholics… — Nicholas Sparks
Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the periods are long… — Oliver Goldsmith
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth… — John Milton

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